#michaelranmore

You just walked out of the bathroom after you had a calming shower. The work had been really stressing lately and when it finally slowed down, you let yourself enjoy a moment alone, without work.

With your bathrobe on your shoulders you kept walking in your house. The beautiful feeling you had at that moment was something you had been missing for some time by then and you were ready to jump into your bed and watch some calming romantic film with a glass of wine.

When you arrived to your bedroom and you saw your bed, you sighed. Remembering of that you had to call your boss and talk to her about your working shedule, you just took your phone into your hands and tried to find her number which was hiding in between all of those numbers you had.

When you finally found a number which was named “Julie”, you immediately hit the green button and put your phone to your ear. You waited for the woman to pick it up and until she did so, you were thinking about what would you tell her.

“Yes?” you heard her ask from the other side and you smiled a litte.

“Hello, it´s me, Y/n.”

“Yeah, I know it is you,” Julie said and you heard a quiet chuckle which was a little off for some reason. “What´s wrong?”

“I am calling because of that schedule you told me,” you said honestly and heard some doors shut. And then a gasp followed. “Julie are you okay?” You frowned even if she couldn´t see that and turned around.

“Yes of course,” she said but you had a reason why you didn´t believe her. And that reason was her husband. Some muffled sound filled your ear and you could tell it was a sob.

“Julie has he done anything?” You asked straightly and Julie let out a shaky breath. “Julie?”

“He has.”

“What has he...”

“Can I come over?” she asked you and you closed your eyes.

“Of course. I will prepare a bed for you. Or should I go and pick you up?” You asked everything what was on your mind.

“I will be there in twenty minutes. Thank you so much.” She said and you had a feeling of that she wanted to end the call.

“Julie!”

“Yeah?” she asked you before ending the call and you exhaled.

“Be careful,” you told her into the phone and then Julie promised you she will be careful. You ended the call and started preparing the bed for her. That she was coming over and that Michael hurt her could mean that she was staying for the night.

You prepared everything Julie might need and then you walked into the kitchen. When you looked out of the window, you saw her car parking in front of your house. Julie stepped out of the car, hiding her face. You immediately knew that he slapped her or something even worse.

Walking over to the doors, you opened them in the same second she stepped to them and you looked at her face. She uncovered her cheek and when you saw that it was pretty red and already bruised, you were afraid how would it go if she returned there.

“Julie-”

“I told him I want him to leave now, after the divorce. And then he-” Julie started talking and her own sob cut her off. You gently pulled her inside of your house and closed the doors behind her.

“Come here,” you whipered and pulled her onto your chest, into a warm hug she seemed to need. Julie hugged you from under your armpits and rested her chin on your shoulder, letting out a sob.

“I don´t want to return there,” she whispered and sobbed again. “I don´t want to go back there-”

“Julie, you don´t have to return,” you reminded her of the fact that her kids already lived alone and Julie pulled away.

“Y/n I have to. I don´t have any money to buy anything because he took it from me.”

“Then you will live here. I have enough rooms and if you stay, he will never find out where are you,” you tried to comfort her and then you sighed. “Julie you have nothing to do with him anymore, you are divorced and you have a place to stay.”

“What if he finds out?” she asked you and you shook your head.

“First of all, it is none of his bussiness. And second of all, if he finds out and comes here, I will call the cops and tell them about everything he has ever done to you,” you added, making Julie look at you.

“You would do that?”

“Julie, remember what I told you some time ago?” You asked her this time and Julie narrowed her eyes.

“Yeah?”

“I meant it. If you want to and you feel safe here, stay. If you need any help with your husband, my half-brother is a cop,” you told her and Julie took a deep breath, looking you into your eyes.

“Thank you so much.” Julie said only and you waited, because you saw that she wanted to say something else as well. “So... can I stay for a day?”

“You can stay until you would like to,” you told her with a little smile and then looked at Julie´s cheek. “If you would like to, here is a-” you stopped talking and opened a wardrobe, “here is a towel. Bathroom is in those doors. I will go and get you some clothes.”

Julie smiled at you and took the towel from you. You saw how she swallowed and then she turned around, walking into the doors you just told her were the bathroom ones.

Not worrying about her anymore, you walked inside of your bedroom and took out some clothes she could wear. You just hoped in that you two were the same size and then you picked up sweatpants and some shirt. You couldn´t imagine Julie wearing those clothes, but you took them anyways and walked to the bathroom she just disappeared in.

“I brought you some clothes,” you informed her after knocking and Julie opened the doors for you. She had a towel wrapped around her body and you realized that her arms were bruised. With a deep breath, you handed her the clothes and when Julie turned around to place them onto the sink, you saw a part of her back. “Jul-”

“Yes?”

“Are you in pain?” You asked her something what was really obvious and Julie swallowed.

“A little,” she admitted and you closed your eyes.

“If you would like, there is a creme in the cupboard under the sink,” you told her and Julie looked at you. You walked inside of the bathroom and took the creme out, putting it down onto the sink.

“Is it that bad?”

“It is bad,” you told her honestly and Julie looked at you through the mirror. “If you want to, I can do this for you,” you said and took the creme. Julie just nodded her head without any word and she unwrapped her body, holding the towel on her breasts.

Your eyes widened when you saw her back. There were purple, green and black bruises on her skin and you tried to hold back your crying. Opening the little creme, you took some onto your fingers and took a deep breath, knowing that it would hurt the woman who was standing in front of you.

“It will hurt,” you warned her and waited for a response.

“Okay,” she said and you softly applied the creme onto her back, hearing her hissing. You qiuetly apologized and went even softer on her, trying to help her with the bruises her husband left on her body.

When you were done, you closed the little creme and put it onto it´s place in the bathroom. Julie dressed up while you weren´t looking and when you turned back to see her, she had a bathrobe covering her shoulders already.

“I´ll leave you alone now. If you need anything, I will be in the bedroom okay? Here are the clothes,” you said and showed her what you brought her.

Your body fell onto the huge bed on the hotel room you just entered and you didn´t really care about anything. Your face was hidden in the soft white pillow and you breathed out heavily, hearing the doors close.

“Hb dd you knob thib room was ebty?” you asked from Julie when you knew that she was inside of the room. Then you rolled over on the covers and looked at the almost manager of the hotel.

“I saw the keys on the reception,” she explained to you and she took off her blazer, throwing it onto the chair which was by the table in the corner of the room.

“And what are we going to do here?” You asked her as you were watching her hands working on the buttons of her skirt. She let it fall onto the ground and stepped out of it, looking at the black fabric laying on the floor.

Julie stayed only in her thighs and in her purple shirt. She placed her knee onto the bed where you were laying and climbed up to you, letting her body fall onto the mattress. You moved a little aside to make her more space until she didn´t get really comfortable and then you moved back to her, leaning your cheek on her shoulder.

“We will watch a romantic film hm?” Julie asked and you lifted your eyebrow, looking at her.

“Are you sure about this?” 

“Why wouldn´t I be?” She asked you back and reached her hand out onto the bedside table. You used the opportunity and moved upper on the bed, knowing what Julie needed when you were watching romantic films. You leant your back on the headrest and waited for Julie to get back to you.

As she turned back to you, you realized that she was holding some little snack. It was a little chocolate stick and you smiled at her as you were watching her opening her own sweet. The corners of your mouth lifter as she bit onto the sweet and then you took the TV remote into your hand, trying to find some film. You connected the TV to the internet pretty quickly and then ran through the suggestions.

“Which one?” You asked and Julie nodded her head to the right.

“That one,” she also pointed out her finger and you had to smile. You started the movie and placed the TV remote besides you from the other side, since Julie was laying on your left, not thinking about moving away from you at all.

Both of you were watching the movie and you looked at Julie from time to time. She was still chewing on the sweet and you leant closer to her with your face, looking at her face.

Julie understood what did you want and she frowned a little, but placed the sweet to your lips. You smiled at her even more than you have been smiling at her before and you took a bite.

Sticky caramel covered your teeth and you decided to not take any other bite from Julie. She was sharing the idea because she turned to the screen again and she continued in watching the film.

“Julie?” You whispered without looking at her and when no response came, you softly moved her shoudler. “Julie?”

“Yeah?”

“Did we lock the door and put the label do not disturb on?” You asked her, whispering.

“Yes I think so,” Julie whispered back and then she frowned. “But maybe I should go and check because if Hugh finds out...” she rolled her eyes and you lifted your upper body to allow her to go.

Julie smoothly got out of the bed and you adjusted the covers while she was walking to the doors. You got under them and when you heard the doors open, you were already waiting for Jullie.

You reached your neck out and you could see her in the room. She was really quietly locking the doors and you adjusted the covers for her. When Julie saw it, she smiled at you really sweetly and tried to walk over to you and the bed as quietly as it was possible.

She slid under the covers you held in the air for her and then you coveres her. Julie leant her body on you this time and she rested her head on your breasts, watching the movie.

“Are you tired?” You asked her, looking down at the brown haired woman. She just nodded a little and you raised your hand and brought it to her hair. You took one part of it and started to play with her hair, while Julie was watching the movie.

You were thinking about making her a little braid. You adjusted her hair so it was all free and she wasn´t laying on it. Checking on her face if she was okay with it, you didn´t find any sign of that she wouldn´t be.

Softly doing her hair, you had your eyes on the screen. The movements were mechanical, you didn´t need to look down which part was supposed to be on the left, on the right or in the middle.

“Oh no,” Julie gasped and covered her mouth with her palm. You looked down at her, confused and then you leant closer to her.

“What happened?” You asked her and Julie jawned.

“They are going to break up...” she whispered and couldn´t take her eyes off the screen. You just shook your head, being lucky because Julie didn´t see it.

Once you were done with her hair and you were sure it was all okay, you reached out your hand. Right in front of Julie. At first, she moved a little away from your hand and you didn´t understand why. You leant closer to her to look her into her face and you realized that her eyes were pinned on the film.

“Julie-”

“Shh!” She whispered and you rolled your eyes.

“I need your hair band,” you whispered and watched Julie´s hands moving. She took the hairband off her wrist and she handed it behind herself, to you. You took it from her and staying quiet you put it in her hair, making sure it wouldn´t fall off.

Julie rested her body on yours and you hugged her tightly. Watching the film together, you realized that Julie couldn´t stay still and she kept moving.

“Julie can you stop please?” You whispered to her and Julie turned into a more comfortable position.

“I am sorry.”

“It is okay,” you whispered to her and kissed her into her hair. Julie kept watching the movie and you could feel how she was breathing. Her chest was raising and falling slower and slower every time you looked at her. Once, when she stopped moving at all, you swallowed and then took a deeper breath.

You leant closer to her to be able to look into her face. As you saw her nose, you smiled to yourself and breathed out quietly, because you didn´t want to wake Julie up.

She was laying on you, asleep. You were really carefully breathing and your lips widened into a smile. The only woman you were happy with and the only woman you cared for, fell asleep in your arms, or to be exact, on your chest while watching a movie. You couldn´t stop smiling and you closed your eyes for a second, enjoying the moment.

You really carefully reached your hand out for the TV remote and kept checking if Julie wasn´t waking up. Your eyes were still on the woman and once you were holding the remote in your hand, you got back into the same position, searching for the red button on the remote.

Your thumb found it quickly and you really carefully turned the TV off. Your mind was full of hope that Julie wouldn´t notice the sudden silence and she wouldn´t wake up. You stayed in silence and waited if she would react somehow or not.

When the reaction didn´t come, you smiled for yourself and you realized that your eyes were also pretty heavy. You let them close for few seconds and then you opened them again to take a deeper breath.